Brian Bena

Brian Bena has over 30 years of experience in sales and business development, primarily within the municipal and engineering sectors. Currently serving as Executive Vice President at Cogent since May 2007, Brian holds prior roles as Business Development Manager and Municipal Sales Manager within the same company. During their tenure with Vandevanter Engineering, a Cogent Company, from February 1995 to May 2007, Brian specialized in municipal engineered sales, focusing on water and wastewater treatment, monitoring, and pumping equipment in Southeast Missouri. Brian also built foundational sales experience as an Outside Sales Representative at Laclede Steel from January 1992 to February 1995, selling tubular products to various industrial clients. Brian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Communication, Marketing, and Management from Missouri State University between 1987 and 1991.